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What's Your Leadership Style? (Udemy.com)

Explore your leadership strengths and maximize your unique style to gain greater influence and fulfillment at work.

Created by: Dr. Priya Nalkur

Last updated November 2024

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What you will learn

  • Discover why it’s important to know your leadership style and others’ leadership styles.
  • Recognize the critical role of followership to effective leadership.
  • Identify at least 5 leadership styles.
  • Identify at least 2 characteristics each for the leadership styles.
  • Describe a strategy to help you figure out your own leadership style.
  • Describe the impact of at least 3 different leadership styles.
  • Recognize the importance of agility to leadership.
  • Name 3 elements that are critical to being effective as a leader, regardless of leadership style.
  • Describe what an Identity Map is and why it’s important.

How it compares

Against the other 230 rated Udemy courses in Leadership & Management on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
  • Reviews8,633#33 of 231 by number of reviews
  • Length1.3 hoursshorter than 70% of them
  • Last updatedNovember 2024earlier than 62% of them

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Course Description

Why do some people seem to have greater followings than others? What is the secret to leading effectively? How can YOU become a more influential leader? The answers to these questions have a lot to do with Leadership Style. When you understand your leadership style, you can maximize it and lead more effectively. And when you understand others' leadership styles, you can navigate those relationships better, gaining more influence, followership, and ultimately positive change.

In this course, you will:

  • Explore your own leadership style by examining your identity, characteristics, and roles you play in your life

  • Learn about the pros and cons of various leadership styles

  • Understand the importance of being agile and flexible in your leadership, and how to do that

This course is designed to be actionable, fun, reflective, and thought-provoking. I have coached thousands of leaders in different industries to help them leverage their own personal style for maximum output. I now want to share that learning with you. Throughout the course, I’ve included exercises and tools that I’ve found to be the most helpful when working with Leadership Styles, and I hope you will take the time to play with them, experiment, and lock-in some new concepts.

Looking inside yourself isn't always easy. But I've shared examples from my own life to hopefully make it easier and more fun for you. If you're ready to take a good hard look at yourself and gain the benefits of optimizing your leadership style, join me in this course!

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Instructor Details

Dr. Priya Nalkur

Dr. Priya Nalkur is a Leadership and Executive Coach. She works with exceptional leaders to help them maximize their potential and influence. With over 15,000 hours of coaching, she has learned tons of tricks and tools for effective leadership communications, including how to manage conflict, make better decisions, have difficult conversations, listen effectively, and tell powerful stories. Dr. Nalkur studied Psychology at Harvard University and Communications at the University of Pennsylvania. 

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Reviews

4.5

8,633 ratings on Udemy

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By Gina Langley on 8/5/2026

I recently completed the “What’s Your Leadership Style?” course on Udemy, and it proved to be a valuable and insightful experience. The instructor presents leadership concepts in a clear, approachable way, making the content easy to understand regardless of your background or current role. What I appreciated most was the focus on self-awareness. The course guides you through identifying your natural leadership tendencies and helps you understand how those tendencies impact communication, decision‑making, and team dynamics. The self-assessments and reflection prompts were especially helpful—they encouraged me to think critically about my strengths and areas for improvement. The lessons are concise, well-organized, and practical. Instead of overwhelming theory, the course offers relatable examples and actionable tips you can immediately apply in real workplace situations. This made it particularly useful for anyone looking to strengthen their leadership presence, collaborate more effectively, or prepare for a future leadership role. Overall, “What’s Your Leadership Style?” is a solid introduction to personal leadership development. I’d recommend it to anyone interested in better understanding themselves as a leader and improving the way they work with others.

By Natalia Padilla on 5/26/2026

This course was extremely helpful and a great match for me. I really appreciated the clear structure and practical approach to understanding different leadership styles. Dr. Priya Nalkur’s teaching style is engaging and easy to follow, which made the concepts feel both accessible and applicable to real‑world situations. The self‑reflection elements were especially valuable and helped me better understand my own leadership approach as well as how to work more effectively with others. Highly recommend it to anyone looking to grow their leadership skills!

By Anonymized User on 3/24/2026

This training was perfect for me because it provided in depth insights into how to interact with a team, set direction, and effectively achieve shared goals. This training often aims to improve a leader's ability to adapt to change, manage conflict, and work better in a team.

By Anonymized User on 11/25/2025

One of the most impactful parts of the course was the focus on inclusive and authentic leadership. I learned how inclusive leaders create environments where people feel a sense of belonging, and how authentic leaders build trust through honesty, consistency, and self-awareness. These ideas helped me reflect on my own approach and identify areas where I can grow.

By Gajendra Singh Mundel on 8/23/2025

It is important to know our leadership style and others’ leadership styles. Recognize the critical role of followership to effective leadership. Identify at least 5 leadership styles. Identify at least 2 characteristics each for the leadership styles. Describe a strategy to help us figure out our own leadership style. Describe the impact of at least 3 different leadership styles. Recognize the importance of agility to leadership. Name 3 elements that are critical to being effective as a leader, regardless of leadership style. Describe what an Identity Map is and why it’s important.

By Zamanangwe Mathe on 7/17/2024

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant course. I was taken on a journey of discovery. I had an idea about my leadership style, but didn't know much about it, or the other leadership styles that I can combine with my style. The course helped me understand other leadership styles so much better and reminded me about the great qualities of a great leader

By Anonymized User on 5/2/2024

Chocked full of great information that is provided with substantial context - to help you understand the nuances. The point is made that one can be a blend of leadership styles, so the insight on nuances help you see where the styles may overlap. And to imagine how you might lean into one or another, depending on the situation - and who you are leading. It will take time to experiment, and would probably well worth it to experiment and then revisit the lessons to reflect on those experiments.

By Anonymized User on 12/18/2023

Although topic was very interesting, the way this course was conducted is very disappointing. They are expecting to listen and learn word by word, acknowledge definitions of different styles but not how to use them. Even to take the test you need to remember exact wording that was used in the course. It is about learning by heart, not understanding and using in practice.

By Karl Krabbenhoft on 8/16/2023

I loved the enthusiasm and friendly approach to the delivery of this course and its concepts. Priya challenged me to think deeply about what direction I wanted to take and explained all of the leadership styles in a very distinct and understandable fashion. I now feel I have a much better understanding of leadership styles and would like to continue to learn more and observe more about them.

By Eric Parent on 10/28/2021

I followed this course prior to apply for a role as a manager. I wanted to have a better understanding of what leadership is and what form it may have. I now know more about the subject and discovered a few exercices to help me learn more about myself. I realized it is a journey, not an end.

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